Part of being an utterly hopeless football obsessive means that the World Cup is absolute heaven; ever since immersing myself in Espana 82 while on holiday on the Costa del Sol, I absolutely relish every tournament when it comes round. In many ways I still retain the character traits of that nine-year old boy who […]

Haven’t we been here before? Just when we had started to believe that maybe, just maybe, football might be coming home, England were found wanting when it really mattered. Moscow 2018 will now be filed along with Turin 1990, Wembley 1996 and England’s other glorious failures. Once again, when football immortality beckoned, England couldn’t grasp […]

almost unbelievably, one of them is England. It is probably fair to say that Gareth Southgate and his team have far exceeded the expectations of a nation that had developed apathy towards the national football team after recent dismal tournament showings. If it was possible to question England’s credentials after the penalty shootout win over […]

Well wasn’t that absolutely typical? Didn’t you just know that if England were to reach the Quarter Finals they would do it the hard way and in dramatic fashion? Just when those of us struggling to keep the faith after recent tournament failings had started to believe again, England did what they always do, except […]